Easy Chair — From the October 2019 issue
Theories on the frontier: the process, politics, and ethics that arise while covering the U.S.-Mexico border
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Easy Chair — From the October 2019 issue
Forum — From the October 2019 issue
Has America’s founding document become the nation’s undoing?
Podcast — July 3, 2019, 12:06 pm
Theories on the frontier: the process, politics, and ethics that arise while covering the U.S.-Mexico border
Theories on the frontier: the process, politics, and ethics that arise while covering the U.S.-Mexico border
Readings — From the July 2019 issue
Revision — From the February 2019 issue
America’s muddled involvement with Syria
Film — January 17, 2019, 2:10 pm
A recent cycle of vigilante films might gesture towards Trump-era fears, but their source is much older
A recent cycle of vigilante films might gesture towards Trump-era fears, but their source is much older
Essay — From the November 2018 issue
Can states’ rights save us from a second civil war?
Podcast — August 16, 2018, 5:33 pm
Any day could be doomsday—and why that’s bad
Any day could be doomsday—and why that’s bad
Easy Chair — From the August 2018 issue
Letter from Washington — From the August 2018 issue
The increasingly direct road to ruin
Weekly Review — July 17, 2018, 12:51 pm
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin puzzle out cybersecurity in Helsinki, John Kelly didn’t like his breakfast in Brussels, and a family of woodchucks ate the wiring in Paul Ryan’s car
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin puzzle out cybersecurity in Helsinki, John Kelly didn’t like his breakfast in Brussels, and a family of woodchucks ate the wiring in Paul Ryan’s car
Readings — From the July 2018 issue
Weekly Review — June 19, 2018, 10:17 am
Donald Trump admires North Korean state TV, the Supreme Court upholds Ohio’s ability to purge voters from its rolls, a woman sues NASA to keep her moondust
Donald Trump admires North Korean state TV, the Supreme Court upholds Ohio’s ability to purge voters from its rolls, a woman sues NASA to keep her moondust
Weekly Review — June 12, 2018, 11:56 am
Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump meet at a former POW site, Jeff Sessions denies asylum to victims of domestic abuse and gang violence, and the National Sheriff Association announces a new initiative to protect pets
Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump meet at a former POW site, Jeff Sessions denies asylum to victims of domestic abuse and gang violence, and the National Sheriff Association announces a new initiative to protect pets
illustration — From the April 2018 issue
Easy Chair — From the April 2018 issue
Essay — From the April 2018 issue
The Trump reelection nightmare and how we can stop it
Cost of renting a giant panda from the Chinese government, per day:
A recent earthquake in Chile was found to have shifted the city of Concepción ten feet to the west, shortened Earth’s days by 1.26 microseconds, and shifted the planet’s axis by nearly three inches.
An eight-foot minke whale washed ashore on the Thames, the third beaching of a dead whale on the river in two months.
At Ivanwald, men learn to be leaders by loving their leaders. “They’re so busy loving us,” a brother once explained to me, “but who’s loving them?” We were. The brothers each paid $400 per month for room and board, but we were also the caretakers of The Cedars, cleaning its gutters, mowing its lawns, whacking weeds and blowing leaves and sanding. And we were called to serve on Tuesday mornings, when The Cedars hosted a regular prayer breakfast typically presided over by Ed Meese, the former attorney general. Each week the breakfast brought together a rotating group of ambassadors, businessmen, and American politicians. Three of Ivanwald’s brothers also attended, wearing crisp shirts starched just for the occasion; one would sit at the table while the other two poured coffee.